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ovrszd · Nov 11, 2018

Wakey said:
Glad you started your thread Richard, looking forward to more of the process.

Thank you Wakey. Chime in with any suggestions, ideas. I'm wingin it......

Steppenwolfe · Nov 11, 2018

ovrszd said:
Thank you Wakey. Chime in with any suggestions, ideas. I'm wingin it......

It sure looks like you have a good handle on it. Nice work...

Kyle_in_Tex · Nov 11, 2018

I agree with Heath, put in an adapter to get it up to where you want it then possibly use some shower pan concrete mix to taper it down.

What are you putting over it for flooring?

ovrszd · Nov 11, 2018

Steppenwolfe said:
It sure looks like you have a good handle on it. Nice work...

Thank you.

ovrszd · Nov 11, 2018

Kyle_in_Tex said:
I agree with Heath, put in an adapter to get it up to where you want it then possibly use some shower pan concrete mix to taper it down.

What are you putting over it for flooring?

That's the issue. We are gonna try sealing the concrete and living on it.

murph1 · Nov 12, 2018

Man I love house builds with pics. Thanks Richard **** fine job you're doing...

GLyford · Nov 12, 2018

Could you go with some sort of colored sealer like they use for garage floors, just in the laundry room?

ovrszd · Nov 12, 2018

murph1 said:
Man I love house builds with pics. Thanks Richard **** fine job you're doing...

Thanks Murph. Glad you found this. I'll look forward to your input and comments.

ovrszd · Nov 12, 2018

GLyford said:
Could you go with some sort of colored sealer like they use for garage floors, just in the laundry room?

That's what I'm thinking. But, who am I kidding, I have no say in the interior decorating scheme.

I was actually surprised that Terry bought into the bare concrete in the first place. Friends of ours built an earth contact last year. They cut their concrete into 32" squares at an angle with the building. Caulked the cuts using black caulk. Then rolled on two coats of sealer. I didn't tell Terry about it. Just let her walk in. She wasn't in there one minute before she said she liked the flooring. Asked Leah what type of marble tile this was? Joe said it's just sealed concrete. Terry said but how did you get it to look marbled like that? Joe said it's power trowel swirls. Terry moved on to other things. The next day she brought it up and said she'd like to try that. YES!!!! That saved us a lot of money!!!! So, we'll try it. If she doesn't like it we'll start buying floor coverings as money is available.